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Chapter 623 A future where the student surpasses the teacher is a hopeful future.

After saying those words, Tatsuma himself was somewhat dazed, unable to understand when his thoughts had become like this, as if he had once been someone who strongly resisted war.

However, the others did not notice Tatsuma's reaction, but were secretly pondering Tatsuma's words, even though they sounded somewhat contrary to universal values.

But as a ninja, as a major contributor to the war, even the young Yamashiro Aoba understood a side of these words that he could accept.

"Lord Ai, are you alright?"

At this moment, a Cloud Ninja helped Ai up. Ai pressed his brow, his eyes like a broken zoom lens, repeatedly trying to focus, but never quite getting it right.

Although the Lightning Release Armor had blocked a significant portion of the Water Iron Cannon's power, the remaining force struck his brow, further exacerbating his already injured head.

Seeing that Ai did not answer, Yunren looked around and found that many people had already formed a defensive formation around them. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Ai, please hold on a little longer."

As he spoke, he formed hand seals, gathering medical ninjutsu chakra in his hands, which he then slowly pressed onto Ai's brow.

Tatsuma only glanced at this medical ninjutsu before looking away. This was nothing compared to Shisui's skill, who only learned it in his spare time while working with Tsunade.

But perhaps A was tough enough, after all, he inherited the genes of the Third Raikage, and even though he was treated with such low-level medical ninjutsu, he recovered very quickly.

He pushed the medical ninja aside, and was still swaying slightly when he got up, but he quickly regained his balance.

Tatsuma ignored the battlefield and turned to Maruhoshi Kosuke, asking, "Kosuke-senpai, where's your broken leg?"

Yamashiro Aoba quickly pulled out a scroll and said, "Fourth Hokage, I don't know what to do with it here, so I can only seal it away for now."

Tatsuma took the scroll, while Maruhoshi Kosuke waved his hand and said, "You don't need to worry about me. It's just losing a leg; it won't affect anything."

He had many injuries, including losing an eye, and countless other injuries accumulated over his years as a ninja.

Although his strength far surpasses that of ordinary genin, Kosuke, who has never accepted promotion, has little money and often endures his illnesses through sheer willpower rather than going to the hospital.

The loss of his left leg might cause some discomfort, but perhaps this is also an opportunity? After all, he has read some books on puppetry over the years.

When he lost his left leg, he didn't feel much sadness. Instead, he wondered if he would have the opportunity to put his knowledge to good use.

However, Tatsuma said, "Aren't you worried about me being kicked out by my teacher, senpai?"

He spoke in a joking tone, but the seal had already been broken. Maruboshi Kosuke was taken aback, but then, thinking of Tsunade's personality, he smiled and stopped refusing.

If Tsunade were to find out that Tatsuma, given the ability, the conditions, and the necessity, disregarded his comrade's injuries, Tsunade would still attack him, even if he hadn't officially become Hokage yet, or even if he were to appear at the Hokage Rock with his photo displayed inside the Hokage Building.

Tatsuma, holding Maruhoshi Kosuke's withered, severed leg, said, "This was bound by the Web Spider and then cut off by the Fuma Shuriken. Judging from the cross-section, you deliberately abandoned this leg, didn't you, senpai?"

Maruhoshi Kosuke nodded calmly. Hesitation only leads to trouble. If necessary, one should abandon what needs to be abandoned. But Yamashiro Aoba's eyes widened. Could this information be gleaned from a broken leg?

Was the Fourth Hokage really hiding on the battlefield and spying from the very beginning of the battle?

"Having been penetrated by lightning chakra, this leg should be inactive by now, right?"

Kosuke hadn't had any hope of reattaching his severed leg, and after carefully examining it, he wasn't too disappointed. But Tatsuma shrugged and said, "It's just dead."

Tatsuma crouched down, gathering chakra in his hand with a scalpel, and quickly exposed Kosuke's bandaged wound. Looking at the surrounding tissues that had also become inactive due to lack of blood, Tatsuma frowned.

This approach is a bit too harsh. It seems that simply training a few medical ninjas is not enough. We must promote more medical knowledge, at least clinical treatment knowledge, to all the ninjas in the village.

"Water Release: Water Wave Hand!"

Tatsuma gathered chakra in his hands to create water, which washed over the wound. Under his extreme chakra control, the chakra water only carried away sand, dust, and other impurities, without damaging the cells around the wound.

"The sword in the Wind Demon's hand is indeed very sharp, which is a good thing."

Tatsuma compared the severed leg with the cross-section, then matched the two together. Chakra threads then appeared on his five fingers, and he quickly stitched up the wound.

This is not the normal procedure, since chakra threads need to be maintained with chakra. As long as Tatsuma cuts off the chakra supply, the severed leg will separate from Kosuke's body again.

Of course, this is based on the premise that conventional medical ninjas can use their methods. As for Tatsuma, he was only there to free up his hands.

As he formed hand seals, Yang Release chakra was extracted, mixed with Tatsuma's life force, and injected into Kosuke's body.

The severed leg, which was originally grayish-purple and had tree-vein-like electric shock marks, instantly returned to the skin color of a normal person. The traces left by the lightning release also faded quickly, and even the joint disappeared rapidly.

When Tatsuma pulled out the chakra thread, Maruboshi Kosuke's severed leg was no longer visible as if it had ever been cut off.

"Your skill surpasses even Tsunade's mastery of the art of killing at will."

After wiggling his toes, Kosuke Maruboshi exclaimed in surprise that if it were Tsunade, she could probably save his broken leg easily, but it would probably take several months of rehabilitation to fully recover.

But Tatsuma accomplished all of this in the blink of an eye, and with even better results.

Tatsuma wasn't overly modest, but said, "A future where the student surpasses the teacher is a hopeful future. Of course, my teacher's medical ninjutsu skills are already arguably the pinnacle of ninja prowess."

Tatsuma's methods are no longer those of a ninja; his Yin-Yang Release's ability to create and generate things is almost an ability possessed only by immortals.

"Senior Kosuke, don't rush to go on missions after you get back. Your body needs to be recuperated slowly. I'm afraid that if you recover too quickly, you'll feel unfamiliar with your body."

"And regarding the eyes, once Lord Orochimaru returns to the village after the war, I will have him lead a large-scale medical operation to address the deficiencies in the Konoha ninja caused by their service."

Having given Orochimaru an entire Wood Release laboratory, the village naturally expected Orochimaru to provide sufficient value in return, especially since Orochimaru intended to establish a biochemical research team.

Newcomers to the team need to practice, just like Tsunade and Nono's medical team practiced helping the victims of Kikyo Castle recover from their burns. Organ cultivation and transplantation is a great opportunity for them to practice.

Kosuke didn't refuse, but just sighed. Santoku took off his glasses, rubbed his eyelids, and joked, "Fourth Hokage, is it a flaw that you've become nearsighted from reading too much intelligence?"

"It might be better to wait in line. After all, getting an eye transplant just because you're nearsighted is making a mountain out of a molehill. It's better to wait for a more suitable technology."

Chenma responded with a smile, and Sande said, "Then I'll wait. It would be best if you could also take care of your presbyopia. I don't want to have to carry two pairs of glasses with me on missions every day from now on."

While thousands of people around them were fighting to the death, these few people were chatting happily, which was extremely incongruous.

"Let the village use contract-based spirit communication!"

The battle raged on for a long time, but in the fierce fighting, the advantages of the Cloud Ninja gradually became apparent. In terms of direct combat ability, the Cloud Ninja were probably the best among the ninja villages of the five great nations.

Especially when the distance closes down to the point where hand-to-hand combat is necessary, the Cloud Ninja are strong and powerful, and their extensive ninjutsu allows them to use almost all of their skills.

However, for other ninja villages, the means of direct combat and indirect combat such as ambushes and traps are basically evenly matched, so they are weaker than the Cloud Ninja in direct combat.

Individually, the difference may not be significant, but with a large number of people, the advantage of the Cloud Ninja is constantly amplified. While the Mist Ninja's physical strength gradually declines to a dangerous level, the Cloud Ninja remain vigorous and energetic.

Seeing this situation, Hozuki Shugetsu gave an order to one of the communications ninjas beside him.

Hozuki Shugetsu had realized that his side might be the losers, but while the Mist Ninja could die, and he, as the commander of the Mist Ninja, could also die, the Three-Tails could not be lost.

Even if these people survive, their lifespan is less than a hundred years, and the time they can serve the village is even shorter, but the tailed beasts are different.

The tailed beasts have lived for thousands of years. As long as the ninja villages keep a firm grip on the tailed beasts, they can continue to serve the villages. In the long run, the lives of thousands of people are not as valuable as the tailed beasts.

Therefore, death is acceptable, but the Three-Tailed Beast cannot be lost.

Upon hearing this, the Mist Ninja from the communications squad quickly operated their outdated communicator, rapidly sending intelligence back to the village.

Moreover, it wasn't just one group of Mist Ninjas from the communications squad sending the messages; it was all the surviving members of the communications squad sending them. Even some Mist Ninjas who knew how to operate the communicators quickly took the communicators from their deceased comrades and started operating them.

The entire Mist Ninja formation shifted from combat to defense, solely to buy time for the village to receive intelligence and summon the Three-Tails back.

Such an obvious intention was naturally noticed by Tatsuma and the Cloud Ninja. Yamashiro Aoba asked softly, "Aren't you going to stop them?"

"We can only hope that the Yunren will perform better; we must keep our promise."

Tatsuma shrugged. In truth, he didn't care whether the Three-Tails survived or not. If any ninja village dared to use a tailed beast to attack Konoha now, they would be completely delusional.

"Hachi!"

At that moment, the Eight-Tails heard Killer Bee's call, nodded, and said, "I understand."

When the Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beast are of one mind, a large amount of positive and negative chakra is condensed, which completely exceeds the requirements of the Tailed Beast Ball.

"Continuous Tailed Beast Balls!"

Like a machine gun pea shooter, Tailed Beast Balls were spat out from the Eight-Tails' mouth, completely covering the positions of the Mist Ninja and even affecting some of the Cloud Ninja, but at this moment there was no time to care about that.

The Tailed Beast Ball exploded, transforming into the most intense light, so dazzling that it even swallowed up the sound. Tatsuma squinted, his hands forming hand seals.

"Ninjutsu! Kusama Kamiya!"

The fine sand condensed into a spherical barrier and was imbued with special chakra, making it strong enough to withstand the impact.

"Rumble rumble rumble~"

After a long while, the light dimmed, and the sound finally rang out. Inside the cage, the Mist Ninja had vanished without a trace, and the Three-Tails had also disappeared.

(End of this chapter)